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1 day ago · Ambrose Akinmusire is set to perform “Honey From A Winter’s Stone,” on Saturday, Aug. 24, as part of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. Photo: Tomas Ovalle Last year, Oakland-reared trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire was hired as artistic director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA, one of jazz education’s most visible and elite positions.
2 days ago · Ambrose Akinmusire performs this Saturday, Aug. 24 at Yerba Buena Gardens. Credit: Courtesy of the artist. Ambrose Akinmusire doesn’t come across like an extremist. In conversation, he’s soft-spoken earnest and thoughtful. But as a bandleader and composer, the Oakland-reared trumpeter is known for pushing past jazz’s conventions, creating ...
3 days ago · Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire appears as a special guest on two tracks. She also had the support of her friend and mentor Argue, who co-produced Infinite Connections. Lee says that he was invaluable while she was busy conducting the 18-piece orchestra in the studio.
1 day ago · After producing two albums last year and being named the Trumpeter of the Year, Oakland-reared Ambrose Akinmusire will present the West Coast premiere of his new project featuring a string quartet, DC-based rapper-producer-singer Kokayi, and Akinmusire’s longtime bandmates Sam Harris on the keys, and fellow Berkeley High alum Justin Brown on ...
4 days ago · Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire will entertain lucky guests at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival this Saturday. He released two albums last year — one a solo trumpet recital and the other a project with guitar great Bill Frisell and New Orleans drum poet Herlin Riley.
4 days ago · Here, Wilson shares stories from the photo sessions behind the images in the box, with Allen Toussaint, Ambrose Akinmusire, Audra McDonald, Bill Frisell, The Black Keys, Brad Mehldau, David Byrne, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Frederic Rzewski, Jeremy Denk, Kronos Quartet, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, Philip Glass, Randy Newman, Rhiannon Giddens, Stephin Merritt and ...
3 days ago · As the Lead Violinist, Ángela's participation in the “New Standards Vol. 1" concert at Boston, featuring artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda May Han Oh and Kris Davis, exemplifies her dedication to highlighting compositions by female jazz artists.
